Show from where I 1 sit y joe marsh 1 I MISSED getting my hair cut this morning on account of the scrap collection when I 1 climbed into the barber chair ray saya nays to roe me sorry joe aint got time for you today were closing up this morning at ten and then I 1 remembered this was waa the day the town had agreed to drop everything and I 1 mean everything and collect scrap for uncle sam yes yea sir the drugstore the corner garage sam gen eral cral store every place in town except the post officio closed up tight today from 10 to 6 5 and you ought to see the result piled up in front of the fire house one hundred and fifty tons ton of metal that had been lying around in attics cellars and back yards of our town since charlie jenkins Jenk lna great creat grandfather joined up with the texas rangers almost lbs ibs of metal for every man woman and child in au our r town just shows you when american citizens go out to do a job lov for uncle sam they do it right judge cunningham Cunning liam and I 1 were talking about it this hla evening sitting on the front porch and having a sociable beer together we agreed that the way this town went all out to collect scrap was a pretty good illustration of how flow democracy works no need to crack a whip no need to pass a law just juat self determined folka working hand in hand to get a job done for their own peoples people because from where I 1 sit what were fighting for the right to work together of our own accord to do tho the job because we want to not because somebody tells us to arid and when the jobs done to relax as we see fit and thie judge agreed ile he pointed out that one of the things that helps helpa folks get together is just what we were w ere doin now its great after a good goed days work to be able to have a chat and a glass of beer if you want to no 43 48 of a series co copyright py right 1912 brewing industry foundation |